Essays & Commentary

Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism


Sandra D. Mitchell



This volume completes Isabel Rivers' widely-acclaimed exploration of the relationship between religion and ethics from the mid-...
Sex, Drugs, Einstein & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes and the Quest for Transcendence

Sex, Drugs, Einstein & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes and the Quest for Transcendence


Clifford A. Pickover



Sex, Drugs, Einstein & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes and the Quest for Transcendence...
Writing for Science

Writing for Science


Robert Goldbort



This exceptional book encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today’s experimental scientist may need to employ....
Geography and Vision: Seeing, Imagining and Representing the World

Geography and Vision: Seeing, Imagining and Representing the World


Denis Cosgrove



Geography and Vision is a series of personal reflections by leading cultural geographer, Denis Cosgrove, on the complex connection...
It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science

It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science


Graham Farmelo



From Library Journal The power of equations can seem magical, writes MIT physics professor Frank Wilczek in an essay on the Dira...
It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions

It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions


Richard Lewontin



It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions...
Great Essays in Science

Great Essays in Science


Martin Gardner



Great Essays in Science...
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History


Stephen Jay Gould



With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their criti...
Understanding understanding: essays on cybernetics and cognition

Understanding understanding: essays on cybernetics and cognition


Heinz Von Foerster



In these essays Heinz von Foerster discusses some of the fundamental principles that govern how we know the world and how we proce...
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind: A Tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind: A Tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga


Elizabeth A. Phelps, George R. Mangun, Kathleen Baynes, Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz



These essays on a range of topics in the cognitive neurosciences report on the progress in the field over the twenty years of its ...
Broken Symmetry: Selected Papers of Y. Nambu

Broken Symmetry: Selected Papers of Y. Nambu


K. Nishijima, T. Eguchi, Y. Nambu



Review The book benefits from the inclusion of previously unpublished material, informal lectures and conference-summary talks t...
Entropy and the magic flute

Entropy and the magic flute


Harold J. Morowitz



From Publishers Weekly In this uneven compilation of essays culled from his column for Hospital Practice , biologist and popular...
Jeff's View: on Science and Scientists

Jeff's View: on Science and Scientists


Gottfried Schatz



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Expanding on their notorious 2006 article in the London Review of Books, the authors inc...
The Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology

The Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology


Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch



From Publishers Weekly Collins and Pinch reprise the case study format of their previous coauthored book (The Golem: What You Sh...
Falling for Science: Objects in Mind

Falling for Science: Objects in Mind


Sherry Turkle



"This is a book about science, technology, and love," writes Sherry Turkle. In it, we learn how a love for science can s...
Ten Questions Science Can't Answer

Ten Questions Science Can't Answer


Michael Hanlon



From the author of the bestselling The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes another incredible trip to an even mo...
The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment

The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment


Richard Lewontin



The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment...
The Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology

The Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology


David Sepkoski, Michael Ruse



Paleontology has long had a troubled relationship with evolutionary biology. Suffering from a reputation as a second-tier science ...
System Modeling in Cellular Biology: From Concepts to Nuts and Bolts

System Modeling in Cellular Biology: From Concepts to Nuts and Bolts


Jã¶Rg Stelling, Vipul Periwal, Zoltan Szallasi



Research in systems biology requires the collaboration of researchers from diverse backgrounds, including biology, computer scienc...
Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists

Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists


Istvan Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai



This invaluable book contains 36 interviews, including 26 with Nobel laureates. It presents a cross-section of biomedical science,...
What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty


John Brockman



From Publishers Weekly The title's question was posed on Edge.org (an online intellectual clearing house), challenging more than...
Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology

Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology


John A. Wiens, Michael R. Moss



This book addresses a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology to provide an overview of the varied vie...
Perspectives in Analysis. Essays in Honor of Lennart Carleson's 75th Birthday

Perspectives in Analysis. Essays in Honor of Lennart Carleson's 75th Birthday


Björn Winckler, Michael Benedicks, Peter W. Jones, Stanislav Smirnov



The purpose of the essays collected in this volume is to consider the future of analysis and related areas of physics. It is publi...
Survey Sampling: Theory and Methods

Survey Sampling: Theory and Methods


Federico Rosei, Tudor Johnston



This book provides young scientists, from physicists through to sociologists, the counsel and tools that are needed to be their...